Whigfield Explained

Sannie Charlotte Carlson
Background:solo_singer
Birth Name:Sannie Charlotte Carlson
Birth Date:11 April 1970[1]
Birth Place:Skælskør, Denmark
Years Active:1993–present

Whigfield is an Italian dance act fronted by Danish singer, former model, songwriter, and record producer Sannie Charlotte Carlson (born 11 April 1970), known by her various stage names, including Whigfield, Sannie, or simply Naan.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] She is best known for her 1993 single "Saturday Night", which became an international hit the following year.

Based in Italy at the time, Carlson collaborated with Italian producer Larry Pignagnoli, and "Saturday Night" entered the top five in Italy.[7] [8] The single "Another Day" also peaked at number three in Italy.[9] Additionally, the single "Sexy Eyes" charted in various markets, along with "Another Day" and "Think of You", both of which entered the top ten in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Norway, and her native Denmark.[10] [11] [12] [13] She competed in the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2018 with the song "Boys on Girls" but did not qualify for the superfinal.[14]

Early life

Carlson was born in Skælskør, Denmark. As a child, she spent several years in Africa before returning to her native country. Prior to her singing career, Carlson worked as a model and studied music.[7] She performed in a duo[6] before meeting producer Larry Pignagnoli, at which point she adopted the name "Whigfield".[7] [15]

Discography

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
AUS
[16] 		CAN
[17] 		FIN
[18] 		GER
[19] 		NLD
[20] 		SWI
[21] 		UK
[22]
Whigfield
  • Released: 12 June 1995
  • Label: X-Energy
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
19 18 30 43 23 37 13
  • UK: Silver
Whigfield II
  • Released: 10 November 1997
  • Label: X-Energy
  • Formats: CD, cassette
— — — — — — —
Whigfield III
  • Released: 10 October 2000
  • Label: ToCo International
  • Formats: CD, cassette
— — — — — — —
4
  • Released: 13 May 2002
  • Label: ZYX
  • Formats: CD
— — — — — — —
W — — — — — — —
"—" denotes items that were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum details
Mega Mixes
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: ZYX Music
  • Formats: CD
Eurodance
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Popular Records
  • Formats: CD
Dance With Whigfield
  • Released: 2004
  • Label: ZYX Music
  • Formats: CD
Waiting for Saturday Night (Her Greatest Hits)
  • Released: 2004
  • Label: ZYX Music, Silver Star
  • Formats: CD
Greatest Remix Hits
  • Released: 2006
  • Label: ToCo Australia, Dyna Music
  • Formats: CD
All in One
Best Of (X-Mas Edition)
Greatest Hits & Remixes
  • Released: September 2018
  • Label: ZYX Music
  • Formats: 2xCD, LP
Dance with Whigfield
  • Released: April 2022
  • Label: X-Energy
  • Formats: digital
The Hits Collection
  • Released: May 2022
  • Label: X-Energy
  • Formats: digital

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
ITA
[23] 		AUS
[24] [25] 		AUT
[26] 		BEL (FLA)
[27] 		FRA
[28] 		GER
IRE
[29] 		NLD
[30] 		SPA
[31] 		SWE
[32] 		SWI
[33] 		UK
"Saturday Night" 19932 78 4 14 2 1 1 7 1 9 1 1

Silver[34]

Platinum[35]

2× Platinum[36]

Whigfield
"Another Day" 19943 — — 32 24 12 5 32 6 39 9 7
  • UK: Silver
"Think of You" 19954 — — 12 25 25 4 7 3 — 17 7
"Close to You" — 170 — — — 90 18 — 19 — — 13
"Big Time" 11 — — 29 — 50 24 22 13 — — 21
"Last Christmas" — — — — — — — 4 53 —
"Sexy Eyes" 1996— 6 7 30 — 14 — 30 4 — 12 68

Platinum[37]

"Gimme Gimme"— 14 — — — — — — 4 — — —
  • AUS: Gold
Whigfield II
"No Tears to Cry" 1997— 99 — — — — — — — 60 — —
"Baby Boy" — 123 — — — — — — — — — —
"Givin' All My Love" 1998— — — — — — — — — — — —
"Be My Baby" 1999— 184 — — — — — — — — — —Whigfield III
"Doo-Whop" 2000— — — — — — — — — — — —
"Much More" — — — — — — — — — — — —
"Gotta Getcha" 2002— — — — — — — — — — — —4
"Amazing and Beautiful" — — — — — — — — — — — —
"Was a Time" 2004— — — — — 74 — — — — — —Was a Time - The Album
(reissue of 4)
"Right in the Night"2008 — — — — — — — — — — — —All in One
"No Doubt" 2009— — — — — — — — — — — —
"C'est Cool"2011 — — — — — — — — — — — —W
"4Ever"2012— — — — — — — — — — — —
"Jeg kommer hjem"— — — — — — — — — — — —
"How Long" (as Sannie)2015— — — — — — — — — — — —rowspan=2
"In the Morning" (as Sannie)2016— — — — — — — — — — — —
"Boys on Girls" (as Sannie)2018— — — — — — — — — — — —Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2018
"Suga" 2020— — — — — — — — — — — —
"Megamix"2022— — — — — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Promotional singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
DEN
[38] 		GfK Entertainment
"Don't Walk Away" 1995——Whigfield
"Junto A Ti" 1995——
"I Want to Love" 1996——
"Saturday Night (2003 Version)"200319—rowspan=1
"Think of You (2007 Version)" 2007——All in One
"Saturday Night" (2013 Version) (featuring Carlprit)2013—83

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: AllMusic (Whigfield) . AllMusic . 2015-04-30 . 14 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160314022039/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/sannie-charlotte-carlson-mn0000246091 . live .
  2. Billboard: Italian Acts. Billboard. 2020-08-19. 1995-07-01. 28 May 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220528035117/https://books.google.com/books?id=rgsEAAAAMBAJ&q=Whigfield+Italian&pg=PA75. live.
  3. Billboard: Italy's Music Industry Is Rising Above Political and Economical Uncertainty. Billboard. 2020-08-20. 1995-07-01. 7 October 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20241007110813/https://books.google.com/books?id=rgsEAAAAMBAJ&q=Whigfield+Italian+Dance+act&pg=PA71#v=snippet&q=Whigfield%20Italian%20Dance%20act&f=false. live.
  4. Billboard: For Italo Dance Pop "Business Isn't Great, It's Huge". Billboard. 2020-08-20. 2004-06-26. 28 May 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220528035117/https://books.google.com/books?id=rg8EAAAAMBAJ&q=Whigfield+Italy&pg=PA86. live.
  5. Web site: Sannie Carlson (official website). 2016-01-01. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160301124747/http://www.sanniecarlson.com/website.htm. 1 March 2016.
  6. Book: Larkin, Colin. The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music. 14 July 2015. 2000. Virgin. 9780753504277.
  7. Billboard: Italian Acts (page-74). Billboard. 1995-07-01. 2014-02-01. 7 October 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20241007110813/https://books.google.com/books?id=rgsEAAAAMBAJ&q=Whigfield+from+Italy&pg=PA75#v=snippet&q=Whigfield%20from%20Italy&f=false. live .
  8. Hits of the World (page-58). Billboard . 1994-10-29 . 2014-02-01 .
  9. Hits of the World (page-38). Billboard . 1995-01-14 . 2014-02-01 .
  10. Web site: Whigfield . Official Charts Company. 2014-02-01 .
  11. Web site: Whigfield (Another Day). Hitparade.ch. 2014-02-01. 3 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140203070000/http://swisscharts.com/song/Whigfield/Another-Day-2924. live .
  12. Hits of the World (page-61). Billboard . 1995-01-14 . 2014-02-01 .
  13. Web site: Whigfield - full Official Chart History. .
  14. Web site: Denmark: DR reveals the ten Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2017 hopefuls. 22 January 2018. 22 January 2018. DR. da. 29 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180129163751/https://www.dr.dk/event/melodigrandprix/her-er-deltagerne-i-dansk-melodi-grand-prix-2018-overraskende-comeback-og. live.
  15. Web site: Sannie Carlson (a.k.a Whigfield) . zapbangmagazine.com . 2015-04-30 . 30 November 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181130030401/http://zapbangmagazine.com/music/interviews/sannie-carlson . dead .
  16. Web site: Australian-charts.com: Whigfield. australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. 2014-02-06. 9 January 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140109051756/http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Whigfield. live.
  17. RPM: Top Albums/CDs - Volume 62, No. 6, September 11, 1995. RPM. 2020-03-19.
  18. Web site: Finnishcharts.com: Whigfield. finnishcharts.com. Hung Medien. 2014-02-06.
  19. Web site: Offizielle Deutsche Charts: Whigfield. Offizielle Deutsche Charts. GfK Entertainment. 2018-02-08.
  20. Web site: GfK Dutch Charts: Whigfield. GfK Dutch Charts. Hung Medien. 2014-02-06. 13 March 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140313070758/http://dutchcharts.nl//search.asp?cat=a&artist=Whigfield&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts. live.
  21. Web site: Hitparade.ch: Whigfield (Albums). Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. 2014-02-06. 22 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140222172206/http://swisscharts.com/search.asp?cat=a&artist=Whigfield&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts. live.
  22. Web site: Whigfield. Official Charts Company. 2014-02-06. 3 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140203065917/http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/whigfield/. live .
  23. Web site: Classifiche. Musica e Dischi. it. 8 June 2022. 6 March 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230306073547/http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php. live. Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Whigfield".
  24. Australian (ARIA) singles chart peak positions:
  25. Web site: Part of Whigfield's ARIA chart history, received from ARIA in 2022 page 1. ARIA. Imgur.com. 3 December 2023. 7 October 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20241007110930/https://imgur.com/CpZoLnb. live. Web site: Part of Whigfield's ARIA chart history, received from ARIA in 2022 page page 2. ARIA. Imgur.com. 3 December 2023. 3 December 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231203005338/https://imgur.com/POYdTYG. live. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
  26. Web site: Austriancharts.at: Whigfield. austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. 2014-02-06. 12 March 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140312234637/http://www.austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Whigfield. live.
  27. Web site: Ultratop Vlaanderen: Whigfield. Ultratop. 2014-02-06. 12 June 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140612082658/http://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?lang=nl&cat=s&artist=Whigfield&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts. live.
  28. Web site: Lescharts.com: Whigfield. lescharts.com. Hung Medien. 2014-02-06. 23 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121023202531/http://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Whigfield. live.
  29. Web site: The Irish Charts: Search the Charts. IRMA. 2014-02-06. 25 September 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240925235445/http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement. live.
  30. Web site: Media Markt Top 40: Whigfield. Dutch Top 40. 2014-02-06. 21 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140221235420/http://www.top40.nl/top40-artiesten/whigfield. live.
  31. Book: Salaverri, Fernando. Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002. 1st . September 2005. Fundación Autor-SGAE. Spain. 84-8048-639-2.
  32. Web site: Swedishcharts.com: Whigfield. Sverigetopplistan. 2014-02-06. 22 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140222195403/http://www.swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Whigfield. live.
  33. Web site: Hitparade.ch: Whigfield (Singles). Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. 2014-02-06. 22 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140222172219/http://swisscharts.com/search.asp?cat=s&artist=Whigfield&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts. live.
  34. Web site: SNEP: Certifications - année 1995 . Info Disc . SNEP . 2014-02-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120925060710/http://www.snepmusique.com/fr/page-259165.xml?year=1995 . 25 September 2012 .
  35. Germany. Saturday Night. 2014-02-07. Whigfield.
  36. Web site: BPI: Certified Awards. BPI. 2014-02-06. 10 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170710164143/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards.aspx. dead.
  37. Web site: ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 1997 Singles. ARIA. 2015-08-06. 29 October 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191029213005/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-singles-1997.htm. live.
  38. Web site: danishcharts.dk - Discography Whigfield . . Hung Medien . 4 February 2018 . 30 November 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181130071809/https://danishcharts.dk/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Whigfield . live .

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